Tag: women’s experiences

Caseload midwifery continues to outperform standard maternity care

Research into women’s experiences of caseload midwifery care shows that this “outperforms standard care” for all women, even those perceived to have a higher chance of problems.

Reflecting on what is lacking when we only include technocratic ways of knowing…

Sara Wickham looks at research considering women’s experiences of birthing their placenta.

Wimyn need wimyn’s circles, says Sister MorningStar.

Sara Wickham writes about research looking at why women are dissatisfied with induction of labour.

Sara Wickham discusses a review of women’s experiences of induction for post-term pregnancy.

Sara Wickham reviews a new book in which women share their stories of giving birth in midwife-led areas in Wales.

Sara Wickham looks at research showing the gap between what women need and want and the reality of what they experience when undergoing induction of labour.

Is it any wonder that many women don’t know how to trust their bodies or have a sense that decisions about their body are theirs and theirs alone to make?

When I first wrote the article that this blog post is based upon, I had just finished reading a superb book, The Tyranny of Numbers by economist David Boyle (2001). In it, he critiqued our society’s reliance on and obsession…